Himiko's footsteps echoed into the labs of Rocket, glancing around at how this place reminded her of a hospital. Just plain, ubiquitous, lacking any kind of style or flair. It was modern, sleek and meant to do what it did as efficiently as possible. Not exactly her style, but it was fitting for somebody like Zev Harcourt to be found at.

She came to him after a couple of weeks in Hoenn for official business and smirked at seeing his natural brooding self watching over her with the care and attention of a Bombirdier dropping its young out of a nest.

"I'm fairing well. It took some doing, but I've procured a nice little flower shop with all of my work inside. Even have an alias now." SHe said in that same ceonceited tone of voice she had taken when bragging about her accomplishments as she had when they had just met. Himiko said and flashing a nice little Hoenn ID at him, as if to prove her point. "What about you? Has my tall, dark and brooding supervisor been keeping busy lately?"

Elisabeth Fiorelli

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She followed his actions to one of the cabinets containing a myriad of vials. Each one had its chemical compounds and other various information printed for the world to see. Himiko waited patiently for Zev to select only two and close the door to this little cabinet of death while introducing her to a potential new toy.

Her eyes traced over the vial with the label reading "Nihilego", leaning in to inspect to more closely.

"You certainly know how to catch my eye." The florist laughed and walked closer to marvel at this little liquid toy in front of her. She had only really worked with products from wildlife of this dimension, but the name of this pokemon eluded her.

"Can't say I've ever heard of it. What is it? And what's an Ultra Beast?"

Zev Harcourt

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The Zoroark that was present alongside Zev had made itself known while Himiko cast her gaze over at it just in time to watch it use its ability. The purple furred form dissolved into what pokemon that the beast had been discussing with her. And just as it finished conforming itself was Himiko's mouth agape.

It reminded her of some crude sketches of what scientists had thought that some ancient fish had appeared like. The tentacles and overall jellyfish like form had caught her eye. It was beautiful!

She walked closer to observe the mockery of its form up close. A glimmer of desire apparent in her eyes as the grunt listened to Zev explain what this Nihilego creature was known for. Himiko had only some experience with actual science related topics, but it all sounded so fantastical that for a moment, she wished she could have studied it more.

All for a chance to discover this sooner.

"This is incredible." she stated as a matter of fact to Zev. He likely knew already but she brushed it off, enarmored with this new piece of information. "A poison that can mind control people to the pokemon's whims is beyond any other poison I've heard of. How would one go about obtaining one of these Nihilego?"

Her attention was only pulled away once Zev showed her the antidote to the Nihilego poison, promptly labeled with an ANTIDOTE tag. She turned around and made her way to Zev. The usual teasing and smug gait was now a hurried walk. A predator on its way to learn more about its prey. Her eyes painted their affection over the vials before making their way back up to Zev.

In this moment of ecstasy, she had forgotten a tried-and-true simple fact about her line of work.

"This is all amazing..." Himiko said as she looked back at the transformed Zoroark, "But I assume there's a reason for you showing me all of this, yes?"

Zev Harcourt

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Himiko made a quick note of where to find these cute little poison stricken things, grinning wide at another thing to check off on her to-do list. Hoenn had quite the long list of sights to see and experiences to take with both hands. Imagine what fun she could have with a nice poison maker~

"Noted. I may have to find a willing party~"

Zev took out two syringes and grabbed them alongside the poison and antidote. She then followed behind him as he took her to someplace further inside of the Rocket laboratories around here. Her gait kept up with his with a perkiness to her excessive smirking at Zev.

"You certainly know where to take me where to have some fun~" she giggled, taking a turn alongside him before the two ended up in what appeared to be some sort of operating room. Himiko was privy to see some older gentleman strapped to a table in what was likely a room that had seen its fair share of bodies. A plant turned doubt agent, always a fun tale to be had.

But Zev's proposition was what made her day.

"I'd love to~" Himiko said as she quickly went to fill up the needle with the Nihilego poison. "Are there any good places to inject this poison at? We wouldn't want our most esteemed guest here to get hurt any, now would we?~"

Zev Harcourt

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A perfect chance to test this little poison! Himiko gently applied the poison through a vein near the crook of the inner elbow. With a slight prick and slowly pressing the plunger in, the poison was injected into their little test subject here.

The wait began as the seconds passed. Himiko could only wait so long, but her impatience was pushed aside on account of the special new toy shown to her by Zev. Once the minutes had passed and she was able to really see the effects in action, the questioning began.

"Let's start small. Tell us who you interacted with while working with the council."

Once she got her answer, Himiko went onto the next. Small questions before increasing in severity. They could have been talking about the most interesting pile of garbage outside, all that she wanted to do was to push and push this poison to its limits.

Zev Harcourt

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The poison didn't do exactly what Zev had described to her, but it was entertaining regardless. This proper and rattled man devolved into a ferocious animal, foaming at the mouth to get his hands on her. She leaned back just enough to stay amused with a malicious grin.

"It seems our little friend's not in the mood to talk anymore." she said to Zev as he was more than willing just to cut their losses here. No new information for him but a nice display of neurotoxins for her. That was a pretty fair trade in her book. It wasn't like he was going to just spill the beans either.

Himiko flicked the antidote in her fingers for a bit, eyeing the violent man and now Zev as she tucked it away with a coy smirk.

"It would be too dangerous to administer the antidote note, so I'll just...save it for later. Regardless, thank you for the display. I might have to catch the next trip out to Ultra Space."

Zev Harcourt

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